Journey Through Darkness: The Writing of V.S. NaipaulStudie over het werk van de West-Indische schrijver Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (9132- ). |
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Page 121
... action ' ; yet the novelist can never entirely rid himself of the suspicion that writing is less a prepara- tive for action than a corrupt substitute . . . " Withdrawal - from the world and into writing , for which Singh had year- ned ...
... action ' ; yet the novelist can never entirely rid himself of the suspicion that writing is less a prepara- tive for action than a corrupt substitute . . . " Withdrawal - from the world and into writing , for which Singh had year- ned ...
Page 126
... action . As Helen Tiffin ( 1972 , 101 ) remarks : The idea of action being a betrayal of feeling and truth , that detachment and contemplation are better than activity , is a very Indian one , and it is an idea to which Naipaul in his ...
... action . As Helen Tiffin ( 1972 , 101 ) remarks : The idea of action being a betrayal of feeling and truth , that detachment and contemplation are better than activity , is a very Indian one , and it is an idea to which Naipaul in his ...
Page 140
... action dropped away . He threw all the responsibility for finding the mine to Keymis , his old friend , who claimed to have seen the mine " ( LED 92 ) : Nai- paul attributes to Ralegh the same mistrust of action that afflicted Mr Stone ...
... action dropped away . He threw all the responsibility for finding the mine to Keymis , his old friend , who claimed to have seen the mine " ( LED 92 ) : Nai- paul attributes to Ralegh the same mistrust of action that afflicted Mr Stone ...
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